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Nine La Jolla restaurants and hotels are serving special Thanksgiving menus on Thursday, Nov. 26, with prix fixe dinners, buffets and ocean views across the Village, Bird Rock and Torrey Pines.
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Qualcomm Technologies is providing a $500,000 gift to UC San Diego's Halıcıoğlu School of Data Science and Computing to launch the AI in Microelectronic Systems initiative, a research collaboration aimed at using machine learning to tackle the rising complexity of semiconductor chip design.
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Eugene Kim and Peter Kim, the team behind Takaramono Sushi, opened Shio Japanese Dining on Oct. 24 at 2259 Avenida de la Playa, bringing a full-bar Japanese restaurant with premium sushi to La Jolla Shores.
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Waymo expanded its autonomous ride-hailing service to La Jolla on Tuesday, Oct. 27, covering UC San Diego, the UTC shopping area and the VA Medical Center as part of a five-city expansion adding nearly 250 square miles.
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La Jolla-based InflammaSense, incubated at UC San Diego's Qualcomm Institute, has won up to $3.9 million from ARPA-H to run the company's largest trial yet of its wearable VITALx-patch, which monitors sepsis patients' immune responses in real time.
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The La Jolla Village Merchants Association has published its 2027 networking calendar with 12 monthly events and is recruiting Village businesses to host gatherings expected to draw 40 to 60 professionals each.
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The Shores Restaurant at La Jolla Shores Hotel is hosting "Aloha Thursdays" every Thursday from 5 to 9 p.m., featuring live island music, tropical cocktails, a Hawaiian-inspired pupu menu and a half-off Mai Tide for guests in Hawaiian attire.
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Palm & Sage Estate Sales, a new consignment-based business from JAG Real Estate, holds its first sale Aug. 29–30 to serve La Jolla and Pacific Beach residents whose HOA rules prevent at-home estate sales.
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La Jolla's Development Permit Review Committee recommended approval of The Pearl, a six-unit mixed-use building at Girard Avenue and Pearl Street, after architects redesigned the facade in one week; the project next goes to the LJCPA on Sept. 4.